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We just received confirmation that the DROID3will launch July 7 for direct fill orders and hit stores on the 14, but wanted to also pass along this chart that shows the evolution of the slide-out DROID brand starting all the way back with the OG. Pretty amazing to think that in under 2 years, we’ve gone from 600MHz to a 1GHz dual-core processor with HDMI mirroring, 1080p recording, a front camera for video chats, and an extra row of number keys yet managed to lose some thickness.

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Moto would have been better off to have never released the D2 or D2G. This should have been last years D2.

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I don’t see why everyone hates this phone so much. The only thing that would deter me from getting this phone is that disgusting pentile display and only 512mb of ram. The bigger screen, dual-core, hdmi out, 1080p video capture, thinner than previous Droids, FF Camera, and full QWERTY keyboard with a fifth row for number keys is at least in my opinion a great upgrade from the OG droid or droid 2. Now all we need is an announcement on that bootloader…. all in all this is looking like a great phone, much better than the Droid X2 imo.

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In terms of specs, how does the D3 compare to phones currently out on the market and the upcoming DROID Bionic??

I’ve been saving my phone upgrade since January because if I’m going to retire my OG DROID, I better be getting the best thing on the market or that will be on the market for the next couple of months!!
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Yeah, no LTE? What the heck? I’ll wait for that rumored Epic 4G-like device – if it’s dual-core.

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Djstar2k2

lol VRZ! the wow is priceless. the vz nav and google nav! really? Mr motor pure comedy m.a.p..(motorola application platform). and to all the comments about the hate for blurr and not using it have you thought about it maybe some of us have used it and just can’t feel it? the more I. play with the nexus s the more I feel nuttin beats stock android hopefully by the time my contract up this will be a reality well stock and a keybord

Guest

It’s that crappy pentile screen that breaks it for me. I went into my local store and checked out the DX2. I wanted to love that phone, but I pulled up some photos to really check out the screen… and they all looked like compressed GIFs with dithering turned on. Compared it beside the iPone 4, then just shrugged and walked out.

GorillaTheHutt

is the droid 3 0.50 or 0.60″ thick? it’s hard to tell from the pic. if it’s 0.5 that’s amazing, if it’s 0.6 that’s a little disappointing

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Anonymous

The only real differences between the D2 and D2G are the global capabilities. The battery differences are minor, as are the processor differences. And the widgets? What are they smoking? Both phones had resizable widgets… Moto should have never played around with the D2 and D2G… Just make one SKU.

Anonymous

yet if it isnt an unlocked bootloader and runs blur i am disapoint

jnt

as cool as this is, I’m assuming this is the same pentile display…?

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Anonymous

They grow up so fast…

Anonymous

You think they could have changed the boot animation…?

Immolate

Well… I’ll probably incur the wrath of the crew here that decides what phone we get to have, but I think I’ll order me one of these next Wednesday at midnight. Owning a Thunderbolt has taught me one thing: specs do not a good phone make. The Thunderbolt is thoroughly ordinary in spec and blown away by a number of handsets out there, but in spite of that it is one of the finest phones I’ve ever owned. I loved my OG as well, and my DX, so I have faith in Motorolo’s ability to put out a good instrument. I don’t worry too much about Blur as I’m an enthusiast so I’m not sticking with what they ship me.

I believe the pentile issue is awesomely overblown and with qHD (which is not the same thing as pentile for those I’ve seen confuse the two) I expect the jaggies to be even more difficult to see than on a larger 4.3 inch screen with lower resolution. If I’m wrong, I’ll own up and say so.

http://twitter.com/timberwolfkw Kyle Wilkins

Dibs on your Thunderbolt!!!!!

Jonny

The Original Droid was just too good of a phone to follow after. I just bought a used one on eBay for $20 just to play with it. It’s pretty cool what the phone can do even by todays standards.
I was playing Mario 64 flawlessly, and FPse runs very smooth too with an overclock at 1.2ghz.

The Original Droid will always be known as the best Android phone, just like how the GS2 has set a new standard for dual cores. The GS2 makes all other dual cores seem slow, or sluglish.

Anonymous

I tried two different OG’s and glad I returned them both. It sucked as a phone for me. Worst mic placement ever. And the original keys sucked. Get some real keys like the Droid Pro in landscape- that’s evolution baby.

Anonymous

Everything about the droid3 and the bionic sounds promising, but what really kills it for me is the choice of lower quality screens. If you’re gonna put the latest and greatest under the hood why ruin the experience with a poor quality screen! Really disappointing

http://thisisjohncoffey.com GRAND MASTER SEN$Ei {{-_-}}™

4G was the only dealbreaker for me. {{-_-}}

http://www.facebook.com/johncorfee John Corfee

I really want me a Droid3..

Anonymous

i know it wont come unlocked but maybe with the same unlockable/relockable bootloader. Also i am assuming they would have mentioned it if they had added ram so i am guessing still at 512…

Anonymous

i am still rocking the OG. With some peter Alfonso gpa15. — Google+ me – Kevin(@)gmail(.)com

http://www.facebook.com/alex.spaanstra Alex Spaanstra

wanna get me an invite? please much appreciated

Brandon

me as well, please kobrakaiff(@)gmail(.)com

)v(urphy

Evolve or Dissolve….hah..classy… :0)

tjhrulz

Wait if this has global then couldn’t the leak from the other day about 2.3 have been meant for this? Also do we have an official RAM amount?

Vaphilly

Yet another phone to compare when it comes time to upgrade in September……

Goblueboy

So an overpowered “teen” phone

Anonymous

Wonder what they did to make the d3 thinner than the others?

Anonymous

So much hate towards Blur and the D3. Have any of you actually use the new Blur, its pretty damn good. I expect the even newer version on this device to be even better.

Anonymous

It looked good with the different lock screen. Its like everything people hate because of what other people say without even trying it.

Yea the newest Blur is much better than the old version that shipped with the DX and D2 but it still doesn’t hold a candle to an AOSP style build

Anonymous

It’s not that everyone hates the Blur they haven’t used; they hate not being able to disable Blur once they do try it out.

http://twitter.com/timberwolfkw Kyle Wilkins

The reason people dislike Blur is because it’s forced on them. I have used Blur, Sense, and vanilla. I personally enjoyed vanilla. Now not having the option to pick which software I have on MY phone I just forked out a nice chunk of change for seems a bit ridiculous. As for hating the D3. Take a look at the specs. Some are very good yes. But why does it seem like Motorola’s phones are puzzle pieces where you have great stuff in different phones and they can’t manage to put it all in one phone? Every phone will have something to pick at (except the OG Droid).

Anonymous

And other manufacturers make perfect phones with all the best specs running vanilla android right? Oh…wait. People just like to hate on Moto because it’s become the cool thing to do. Most of the time they don’t even know what they’re talking about and have never used it, someone just whines about blur or the pentile display and everyone latches on and repeats like parrots.

Anonymous

So true. Like all the apple fanboys

http://www.facebook.com/stevenberger Steven Berger

I was in the VZW store trying out the DX2…blur seemed VERY sluggish…just a bunch of bloatware, i would rather have stock on my phone, although any phone I get it is going to be rooted with a custom ROM on it, so in the long run it does not really matter

Turd_Ferguson

I for one HATE the new blur! and yes i own a DX. Loved my X before the update and now i HATE it, if my screen didnt look like a spiders web on my OG id be selling the DX

lol my og droid looks much the same. just recieved a droid2 global for free in the mail today so i’ll see how it holds up. i bought my original droid ultra cheap when right after the 2 came out, and it held up for less than a year and slowed down significantly. hoping the 1.2 ghz processor and a gingerbread update will cure said woes.

Anonymous

most people just like complaining.. I had an OG since day 1, moved to a DX day 1.. did the ROM thing since forever it seems like.. and blur2.0 is better than every ROM i’ve ever used… root it, get rid of bloatware, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything, in fact I haven’t, I’m still running the first blur2.0 GB leak for the DX and haven’t looked back

I don’t know how anyone could want stock over blur 2.0, it is beyond me… cityid, end a call from the noti panel, clear noti’s individually, pulsating green bar while in a call, customizable car dock/multimedia dock, search contacts while simultaneously dialing, built in DLNA, geotag.. and it all WORKS without having to update a rom every night.. bloatware yes, that sucks, but other than that it is awesome

P.S. I HATE BLUR 1.0

Anonymous

Evolution is a natural progression. Self awareness is imminent.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000106808261 Keith Sumner

So the screen in the D3 is actually worse than the original droid?

Unexpected62

no, its higher res.

Anonymous

D1+D2+R2D2+D2G+DX+DX2+DPRO+D3= 1.5 Good Devices.
Has any other mfr oversaturated and diluted the Droid brand more than Moto? Quality over quantity please.

Anonymous

Don’t forget the Droid Bionic.

http://twitter.com/timberwolfkw Kyle Wilkins

D2+R2D2+D2G+DX+DX2+DPRO+D3= .5 Good Devices. Don’t slander the good name of the OG Droid and put it in that list! +1 to your comment about the Droid branded name though. Can’t disagree with that.

http://fabdroid.com Andrew Xie

In addition to the bootloader, they also took a step back in terms of screen quality. The IPS LCD in the OG Droid was the premier smartphone screen for quite some time. Also, the amount of RAM has been stuck at 512MB since the D2.

All in all, the D3 is just meh.

Anonymous

I totally agree, the OG is still the best, Moto is like a “1980’s ONE HIT WONDER” The D2 was a pityful and the Star Wars model was a joke, The D2 Global “Did that device even see the light of day???

Why the QWERTY hate man? I mean, I see where you’re coming from and I do agree with the fact that the D3 is a sub-par device to carry the DROID name. But you have to think about it in a phone use sense. A lot of people (including myself) love the feel of a physical keyboard! I can’t imagine having to type words with fake buttons on a screen! Hah all I’m trying to say is in the QWERTY-neccessity world for verizon customers, the D2 and now D3 is literally the only phone that exists. Moto can put out a “half baked” idea as you put it because it has no competitors(in the physical keyboard catagory). Although, why verizon ok’d an allegedly top of the line phone without LTE though is beyond me. That’s like att trying to sell the iphone 3gs when people could just as easily pick up the iphone 4! However, maybe that’s just it… maybe since this phone has no LTE verizon will make it more affordable and appeal to the people that don’t have 400 buckaroos to shell out on a new smartphone, case and car charger.

http://twitter.com/timberwolfkw Kyle Wilkins

What about the HTC Merge!? (haha joke!) But really. I have the OG Droid and feel that it set such a standard that when someone buys a ‘Droid’ branded phone it should be a top of the line phone. Friends of mine that aren’t even that tech savy look at specs for upcoming phones. LTE is becoming a must. There are plenty of phones that aren’t Droid branded that do everything (or most everything) people who don’t want to fork out 400 bucks can buy. As for they keyboard. Yes I love mine also, but your seeing less and less of them because it makes the phone bigger and everyone’s looking for a thinner phone. Times are changing and regardless if we like it, we’ll have to adapt.

Anonymous

@Cmonnats23, I am not hating on QWERTY, I am hating on Moto’s lack of
success after the OG Droid. Take a look at the devices following the OG
line!!! Pretty sad if you ask me. You would think Moto would’ve capitalized
off of the OG’s success and really brought that cutting edge flagship
technology to the OG line up. But NOooooooo, Those follow up devices to the
OG were pathetic.

How many times has Moto devices disappointed the Android Community??? I’ll
tell you quite a few, big example the Bionic, 1 the device was not
comparable to the competition, and 2 Network issues. HTC and other OEM’s No
locked bootloaders, Moto the last one to listen to the community, I love my
OG but Moto has been messing up with no consistency.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_B2QSIC2M72JOFETTNGSRQFCFRY EricS

The OG Droid physical keyboard is terrible. I still use my OD Droid every day, and I stopped using that pathetic slide out keyboard 3 months after I had the phone. I would have prefered a decent physical keyboard over the touchscreen virtual keyboard, but the OG Droid keyboard does not cut it.

Bpimpinmoney

I agree with you because personally I need a phone with a keyboard I hate full touch screen phones but I loveall the Android phones that have them

i cant really see the pixels as much as everyone claims they can. you have to really scrutinize the screen to notice it imo….but then again aside from the og droid, motorola has never been cutting edge in terms of screen quality. my wifes old fascinate still looks better than anything motorola offers, through verizon at least.

Stephen D

I would really love a Droid 3 if it were unlocked/unlockable and had LTE. But it’s not, Galaxy S2 instead. Lets see some leaks on that kellex.

Anonymous

They have to release this first, cause if they didn’t it wouldn’t stand a chance next to S2, just watch sales of this fall back once S2 comes out. That goes for Bionic too, unless it truly blurless.

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